Kitchen garden/ vegetable garden (גַן יָרָק)
Kitchen garden/ vegetable garden (גַן יָרָק)

Kitchen garden/ vegetable garden

A place for growing edible vegetables. Or: a flourishing, blossoming garden.

("And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, 'Give me your vineyard, that it may be for a kitchen garden, because it is near my house; and I will give you a better vineyard than it.'" - 1 Kings 21:2, and similarly: "In the land of Israel a man eats a portion of bread, olives, and tomatoes and he is satisfied; in the land of Poland, he even eats a kitchen garden while his stomach is empty." - Agnon / The Guest Who Stayed Overnight, 262)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גַן יָרָק

Definition (Hebrew)

מְקוֹם גִּדּוּל יְרָקוֹת מַאֲכָל. אוֹ: גַּן פּוֹרֵחַ. מְלַבְלֵב.

("וַיְדַבֵּר אַחְאָב אֶל נָבוֹת לֵאמֹר תְּנָה לִּי אֶת כַּרְמְךָ וִיהִי לִי לְגַן יָרָק כִּי הוּא קָרוֹב אֵצֶל בֵּיתִי וְאֶתְּנָה לְךָ תַּחְתָּיו כֶּרֶם טוֹב מִמֶּנּוּ"- מְלָכִים א כא ב,וְכֵן:"בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל אָדָם אוֹכֵל פְּרוּסַת לֶחֶם וְזֵתִים וְעַגְבָנִיּוֹת וְהוּא שָׂבֵעַ,בְּאֶרֶץ פּוֹלִין אֲפִלּוּ אוֹכֵל גַּן יָרָק בִּטְנוֹ רֵיקָה"-עַגְנוֹן/אוֹרֵחַ נָטָה לָלוּן,262)

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